“WDIA – THE GOODWILL STATION – WDIA, the Goodwill Station, was the first radio station in the nation to have an all-black format. This format made WDIA the top-rated Memphis station in the early 1950s. In 1948, Nat D. Williams became its first black ‘D-J.’ Among those who appeared on WDIA were B.B. King, Dwight More, Rufus Thomas, A.C. Williams, Willa Monroe, Martha Jean Steinberg and Maurice Hulbert. Early programs included Teen-Town Singers, Payday Today, Brown America Speaks and Hallelujah Jubilee.”

Tennessee Historical Commission marker outside WDIA Radio, Union Avenue, Memphis, TennesseeThe WDIA radio station is in this building on Union Avenue in downtown Memphis, Tennessee